By Aaron Gansky @ADGansky Some time ago, I had my Creative Writing students draw up a map of the town in which their story takes place. I had them label streets, buildings, homes, shops, etc. The r

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Reminders about our craft burst our imaginations into creative mode. From A to Z, we find sources of inspiration to keep us writing. I’ve chosen the first word that ent

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Lightning flashed through the closed curtains, and thunder cracked right outside my window. Why is it I can’t fall asleep on the nights when I need sleep the most

By Lindsey P. Brackett @LindsBrac While we may have finished our series on typing your characters with the Enneagram, this ancient tool for understanding yourself and others still has plenty of inf

by Alycia Morales @AlyciaMorales In 2010, I attended my first Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. It was my first writers conference. I was a total newbie who had always dreamed of b

by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt When my husband and I attended our first Grand Prix race, I discovered eleven lessons we writers can apply to our writing.  It pays to know the lay of the land